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Banjara demand for ST status sparks new caste battle in state

MUMBAI, Sept. 14 -- After the Maratha and OBC (Other Backward Classes) clash, the similar pattern of friction brewing between the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Banjaras has intensified, with numerous indi... Read More


Palestine: UN passes two-state resolution

India, Sept. 13 -- India on Friday voted in favour of a resolution in the UN General Assembly that endorses the "New York Declaration" on the peaceful settlement of the Palestine issue and implementat... Read More


Anish Damania joins State's think tank

Mumbai, Sept. 13 -- The Maharashtra Institution for Transformation (MITRA), a state government-owned think tank, on Friday appointed finance expert Anish Damania as an honorary advisor. A managing dir... Read More


Congress to go solo in BMC poll

MUMBAI, Sept. 13 -- With the Thackeray cousins likely to maintain distance from the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in the forthcoming local body polls, the Mumbai Congress has started prepara... Read More


Hyderabad Gazette effect: Now, Banjaras want stake in ST quota

MUMBAI, Sept. 13 -- The state government seems to have unleashed a cascade of unforeseen demands by various groups after approving the Hyderabad Gazette as a valid document to prove Kunbi credentials ... Read More


Murder accused who changed identity nabbed

MUMBAI, Sept. 13 -- A 27-year-old murder accused, who had been on the run for the past two years, was arrested in Ambernath on Wednesday. After the murder in 2023, he had fled to Ambernath and started... Read More


'Mahayuti will soon see effects of united power'

MUMBAI, Sept. 13 -- In a clear signal to the cadres of both parties, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Friday held a joint march in Nashik, the Jan Akrosh Morcha, to highligh... Read More


Koliwada demarcation push ahead of BMC polls

MUMBAI, Sept. 13 -- With municipal elections looming, the state government is hoping to fulfil a long-standing demand of the Koli community, one that will safeguard their cultural identity and reaffir... Read More


Teacher acquitted in 7/11 blast case seeks Rs.9-cr compensation

Mumbai, Sept. 13 -- Ten years after he was acquitted by a trial court in the 7/11 serial train bomb blasts in Mumbai in 2006, Wahid Shaikh, a school teacher, filed a complaint before the National Huma... Read More


3 from Raj held in Vasai with2 kg heroin

MUMBAI, Sept. 13 -- Three men hailing from Rajasthan were found in possession of heroin worth Rs.8 crore and arrested by the Mira-Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar police on Thursday. The accused arrived at Vasai... Read More